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1. After a five-week break Saddam Hussein's trial for alleged crimes against humanity resumes in a heavily guarded courtroom and then is postponed until December.
2. A basketball-size piece of marble falls from the facade over the entrance to the US Supreme Court , landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building.
3. The US Embassy in Baghdad says an American citizen is missing in Iraq , apparently one of four humanitarian workers reported kidnapped a day earlier.
4. The Palestinians' ruling Fatah Party halts its primary elections in Gaza after gunmen shoot in the air at polling stations, steal some ballot boxes and destroy others.
5. And a hunt is underway in Gaza after gunmen snatch a young lioness from a local zoo , leaving her playmate confused and lonely.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. courtroom
n.法庭, 审判室
n [C] a room in a law court where cases are judged
2. marble大理石
3. facade
[n]. the front of a building,especially a large and important one: facade if/ The facade of the cathedral (大教堂)
4. halt
to prevent someone or something from continuing. usedespecially in news reports: stop #The government has failed to halt economic decline. #Safety concerns have led them to halt work on the dam.
5. shoot (in the air)
in the air - 不设防的．
6. ballot box
n.投票箱
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